January 22, 2006

Consumers are advised not to use the products: "The drugs may be habit forming, and can cause

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FDA warns diet drugs contain Prozac and Librium

January 21, 2006

The rationale given by FDA’s deputy commissioner for medical and scientific affairs,  Scott Gottlieb, for FDA’s proposed

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FDA is Selling the Brooklyn Bridge

January 21, 2006

"Medicare’s free-standing prescription drug plans are not responsible for the costs of hospital care or doctors’ services.

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Prescription for Disaster–Shift to Medicare leaves Patients Stranded

January 21, 2006

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who served as Gilead’s chairman in 1997 when he joined the Bush

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Sec Defense Rumsfeld Tamiflu Holdings

January 19, 2006

Times columnist, Paul Krugman, assesses the “catastrophic” effect of the Medicare Prescription Act—which was falsely marketed as

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“this was a drug bill written by and for lobbyists”

January 15, 2006

Below is an edited extract from the forthcoming book, Big Pharma, by Jacky Law, to be published

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Big Pharma: The Fool’s Gold that Heals_New Book

January 15, 2006

Consumers beware! The Wall Street Journal reports that the agency’s plan for revamping drug labeling rules would

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FDA Plan Would Aid Drug Makers in Liability Suits

January 14, 2006

The e-mail below emanates from the Columbia University child psychiatry department in colaboration with the Amerian Academy

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STOP the Mental Health-Child Psychiatry Industry From Diverting Public Funds

January 14, 2006

Such payments are, in fact,  kick backs for these groups’ promotional services encouraging doctors to prescribe drugs

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S. Finance Committee Investigates Drug Makers Over Medical Education Grants_NYT

January 14, 2006

The FDA has embarked on another ill-conceived road in an effort to bail out the pharmaceutical industry

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FDA Weakens Rules on Testing New Drugs_LA Times

January 14, 2006

The rates of doctor visits that resulted in a psychotropic drug prescrtion increased from 3.4% in 1994-1995

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Psych drug Rx for teens surge 250% over seven years_Brandeis

January 14, 2006

“Whoever holds the patent for creating embryonic stem cells from cloned human embryos could earn a fortune

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Cloning Scam: Dr. Gerald Schatten’s Hand in Bogus Paper Detailed

January 13, 2006

  http://www.boston.com/business/healthcare/articles/2006/01/13/fda_rules_aim_to_speed_drug_tests_and_trim_costs/ FDA rules aim to speed drug tests and trim costsChanges will boost scientists at colleges

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FDA rules aim to speed drug tests and trim costs

January 12, 2006

Joseph John Mann, M.D. — Task Force Co-Chair The Paul Janssen Professor of Translational Neuroscience in Psychiatry

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ACNP Task Force Ties to Pharma